The holiday version of the beloved boat ride celebrating the children of the world returns Friday, Nov. 8 for its 23rd season with new aromas in the South America and South Seas and Asia scenes.

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It’s a Small World is lit up for the holidays at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Disneyland Resort goes all out with holiday decorations each year, from Sleeping Beauty's Winter Castle, with its 126,000 twinkling LED lights to It's a Small World, which celebrates holiday traditions around the globe. (Disneyland Resort)

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Simply in terms of ridership, It’s a Small World is the most popular ride at Disneyland, but there are many ways of measuring popularity. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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View of It's a Small World ride at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

The It’s a Small World attraction is shown after being transformed into his holiday mode. . (Paul Hiffmeyer, Disneyland Resort)

Holiday lights adorn the facade front of It’s a Small World during the holiday season at Disneyland. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ryan Orcutt, a stage technician at the Disneyland Resort, works on installing some Christmas decorations for the seasonal version of It’s a Small World. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Dwayne Douglass, a general lead at the Disneyland Resort, readies a pi–ata horse that will be hung in a scene inside the theme park’s It’s a Small World attraction for the holidays. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Stage technicians stand at the ready in the canal, drained of water, inside It’s a Small World at Disneyland. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A Disney electrician readies a connection for some of the holiday lights used in the transformation of it’s a small world into its annual Christmas version at Disneyland. This is the 20th season for the holiday version of the ride. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Some of the Christmas decorations that are installed inside It’s a Small World for the holiday season at Disneyland. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Disneyland Resort Cast Member Maria “Natalia” Solorio adorns planters with festive lights in front of It’s a Small World on Nov. 6, 2018, during the seasonal transformation of Disneyland park in Anaheim, Calif. Holidays at the Disneyland Resort returns Nov. 9, 2018 through Jan.6, 2019. (Joshua Sudock, Disneyland Resort)

Joe Peters (left), a technical director at the Disneyland Resort watches as Andrew Tomlin, a stage technician, works on some holiday lights as part of the Christmas season It’s a Small World attraction. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Joe Peters, a technical director with the Disneyland Resort, oversees the work done by Ryan Orcutt, a stage technician, and others as they overlay seasonal decorations for It;s a Small World. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

It’s a Small World Holiday at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A new-for-this-year gingerbread bridge inside It’s a Small World Holiday at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

It’s a Small World Holiday at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

It’s a Small World is lit up for the holidays at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

It’s a Small World is lit up for the holidays at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Nov 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Disneyland will add three new scents to the classic It’s a Small World attraction for the holidays this year that will join two aromas from past seasons that have helped make the leisurely meandering boat journey around the world smell more authentic and immersive.

The holiday version of the beloved boat ride celebrating the children of the world returns Friday, Nov. 8 for its 23rd season with new scents in the South America and South Seas and Asia scenes.

Each year, a Disney team of scenic designers, riggers, electricians and painters transforms Small World with an attraction overlay featuring seasonal decor, holiday costumes for the animatronic figures and 400,000 lights.

In previous years, the European scenes of It’s a Small World Holiday at Disneyland have featured fresh pine and peppermint candy scents.

This holiday season Disneyland will introduce three new aromatic scents to the seasonal overlay of the venerable attraction:

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